Hamilton won five Catalunya races in a row from 2017 to 2021, Sainz has never failed to bring home points, Alonso has won at his home Grand Prix twice and Verstappen has won in the last three years. Here’s everything you need to know about each driver’s history at the Spanish Grand Prix!
Max VERSTAPPEN
Max Verstappen became Formula 1’s youngest ever race winner at the 2016 Spanish Grand Prix. He won at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya for a second time in 2022, having finished on the podium in all of the four previous seasons, before scoring second and third consecutive victories at the track in 2023 and 2024.
Verstappen has failed to score at Catalunya only twice, with an 11th place finish on his first visit in 2015 and a retirement on the opening lap of the 2017 Spanish Grand Prix.
Verstappen has never failed to qualify in the top six at the Spanish Grand Prix. After two front row starts in 2021 and 2022, he secured his first pole position at Catalunya in qualifying for the 2023 Spanish Grand Prix. He lined up on the front row for the fourth consecutive season in 2024. Verstappen has not been out-qualified by a team-mate at the circuit since 2016.
MAX VERSTAPPEN’S SPANISH GRAND PRIX HISTORY
Quali Battle |
Qualified |
Grid |
Finished |
Pos Change |
|
2015 |
LOST |
6 |
6 |
11 |
-5 |
2016 |
LOST |
4 |
4 |
1 |
3 |
2017 |
WON |
5 |
5 |
DNF |
– |
2018 |
WON |
5 |
5 |
3 |
2 |
2019 |
WON |
4 |
4 |
3 |
1 |
2020 |
WON |
3 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
2021 |
WON |
2 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
2022 |
WON |
2 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
2023 |
WON |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2024 |
WON |
2 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
Yuki TSUNODA
After winning a race here in Euroformula Open Championship in 2019, Liam Lawson finished on the podium at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in Formula 3 in 2020, finishing second in the Feature Race. He also raced here in Formula 2 in 2022, finishing ninth in both races.
Lando NORRIS
Lando Norris scored his first point at the Spanish Grand Prix in 2020 with a tenth place finish. He bettered that in 2021 with eighth place and finished eighth again in 2022. At the 2024 Spanish Grand Prix, Norris finished as runner-up having started from pole position. It was the first time he finished in the top seven at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya.
Norris failed to finish the 2019 Spanish Grand Prix following a collision with Lance Stroll and failed to pick up any points in 2023, finishing in a lowly 17th place.
Norris’ 17th place in 2023 came despite him recording what was then his best qualifying result to date at the track by far. He lined up third on the grid, marking his first top seven qualification at the Spanish Grand Prix. One year later, in 2024, Norris secured pole position at the track.
Norris reached Q3 at the circuit in both 2020 and 2021, but was eliminated in Q2 on his other two appearances at the track in 2019 and 2022. He qualified 11th in both of those seasons. 2022 is the only time he has not started in the top ten to date at the Spanish Grand Prix.
In F2 in 2018, Norris secured two podium finishes at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, finishing third in both the Feature and Sprint races.
LANDO NORRIS’ SPANISH GRAND PRIX HISTORY
Quali Battle |
Qualified |
Grid |
Finished |
Pos Change |
|
2019 |
WON |
11 |
10 |
DNF |
– |
2020 |
LOST |
8 |
8 |
10 |
-2 |
2021 |
LOST |
9 |
9 |
8 |
1 |
2022 |
LOST |
11 |
11 |
8 |
3 |
2023 |
WON |
3 |
3 |
17 |
-14 |
2024 |
WON |
1 |
1 |
2 |
-1 |
Oscar PIASTRI
Oscar Piastri reached Q3 at the 2023 Spanish Grand Prix and lined up ninth on the grid. He lost four positions from where he started to finish the race in 13th – four places ahead of his team-mate. In 2024, Piastri qualified tenth for a second consecutive season and moved up to ninth on the grid once again. He gained positions during the race to score his first points at the track with a seventh place finish.
Piastri previously raced at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in Formula Renault Eurocup in 2019 and, more recently, in Formula 3 in 2020. He has previously won at the track, having taken victory from fifth on the grid in the 2020 F3 Sprint Race.
OSCAR PIASTRI’S SPANISH GRAND PRIX HISTORY
Quali Battle |
Qualified |
Grid |
Finished |
Pos Change |
|
2023 |
LOST |
10 |
9 |
13 |
-4 |
2024 |
LOST |
10 |
9 |
7 |
2 |
Lewis HAMILTON
For the first time since 2016, Lewis Hamilton did not win the Spanish Grand Prix in 2022. Hamilton took five consecutive wins at the track between 2017 and 2021 and has won here six times in total, having also been victorious in 2014. He has taken a further six podium finishes here, his latest podium at the track coming as a result of him finishing in third place in the 2024 Spanish Grand Prix.
Hamilton finished fifth in 2022 – his worst result at the circuit since his 2016 retirement, when he collided with team-mate Nico Rosberg on the opening lap. 2022 is the only time since 2016 that Hamilton has not finished on the podium here.
2016 was his second retirement at the venue, having also retired in the closing stages of the 2010 race. 2009 and 2013 are the other occasions on which Hamilton has failed to score a point at the Spanish Grand Prix.
Hamilton has qualified in the top ten at this circuit in every year except 2009. He took pole in 2012, but was later disqualified. That was the last time he did not start on the front row at the track until 2022, when he qualified sixth. His 2021 pole position remains his most recent front row start here.
Of the 16 races he’s finished here, 2013 is the only season that Hamilton has finished the Spanish Grand Prix in a worse position than where he started from.
LEWIS HAMILTON’S SPANISH GRAND PRIX HISTORY
Quali Battle |
Qualified |
Grid |
Finished |
Pos Change |
|
2007 |
LOST |
4 |
4 |
2 |
2 |
2008 |
WON |
5 |
5 |
3 |
2 |
2009 |
WON |
14 |
14 |
9 |
5 |
2010 |
WON |
3 |
3 |
DNF |
– |
2011 |
WON |
3 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
2012 |
– |
DSQ |
24 |
8 |
16 |
2013 |
LOST |
2 |
2 |
12 |
-10 |
2014 |
WON |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2015 |
LOST |
2 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
2016 |
WON |
1 |
1 |
DNF |
– |
2017 |
WON |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2018 |
WON |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2019 |
LOST |
2 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
2020 |
WON |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2021 |
WON |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2022 |
LOST |
6 |
6 |
5 |
1 |
2023 |
WON |
5 |
4 |
2 |
2 |
2024 |
WON |
3 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
Charles LECLERC
Charles Leclerc has scored points on four of his six Spanish Grand Prix appearances. He recorded his best result to date here in 2021, with fourth place. After two point-less years in 2022 and 2023, Leclerc returned to the top five in the 2024 Spanish Grand Prix, finish fifth.
Leclerc has recorded two retirements here. Mechanical issues sidelined him in 2020 and turbo issues put him out of the race, while he was leading, in 2022.
Until 2023, Leclerc’s maiden season was the only one in which he did not reach Q3 at the track. In 2023, he exited in Q1 after qualifying on the back row. He subsequently started from the pit lane.
Leclerc recorded his first pole position at the track in 2022, qualifying on the front row here for the first time. 2019 and 2023 are the only times that Leclerc has been out-qualified by a team-mate at the Catalunya track.
CHARLES LECLERC’S SPANISH GRAND PRIX HISTORY
Quali Battle |
Qualified |
Grid |
Finished |
Pos Change |
|
2018 |
WON |
14 |
14 |
10 |
4 |
2019 |
LOST |
5 |
5 |
5 |
0 |
2020 |
WON |
9 |
9 |
DNF |
– |
2021 |
WON |
4 |
4 |
4 |
0 |
2022 |
WON |
1 |
1 |
DNF |
– |
2023 |
LOST |
19 |
PIT |
11 |
9 |
2024 |
WON |
5 |
5 |
5 |
0 |
George RUSSELL
Before 2022, George Russell had never previously scored at the Spanish Grand Prix with a best result of 14th place. He picked up his first points at the track in 2022 with a podium result, finishing in third place. He went on to finish third again in 2023 before finishing fourth in 2024.
2022 was also the first time Russell reached Q3 at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. After two Q1 exits in 2019 and 2020, plus a Q2 elimination in 2021, Russell qualified in fourth place in 2022. He did not reach Q3 in 2023, qualifying in 12th place and being out-qualified by his team-mate at the Spanish Grand Prix for the first time in his career. He returned to Q3 and qualified fourth in 2024 but was once again out-qualified by Lewis Hamilton.
Russell is yet to lose a position from where he has started in the Spanish Grand Prix, with 2024 marking the first time that he finished in the same position as he started. He gained one place on all of his first four appearance here, before moving up nine positions during the 2023 race.
Prior to F1, Russell raced at this track in two categories. In GP3 in 2017, he finished fourth and fifth in the two races, while in 2018 in F2, Russell won the Feature Race and finished fourth in the Sprint Race.
GEORGE RUSSELL’S SPANISH GRAND PRIX HISTORY
Quali Battle |
Qualified |
Grid |
Finished |
Pos Change |
|
2019 |
WON |
19 |
18 |
17 |
1 |
2020 |
WON |
18 |
18 |
17 |
1 |
2021 |
WON |
15 |
15 |
14 |
1 |
2022 |
WON |
4 |
4 |
3 |
1 |
2023 |
LOST |
12 |
12 |
3 |
9 |
2024 |
LOST |
4 |
4 |
4 |
0 |
Kimi ANTONELLI
Kimi Antonelli has raced at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in recent years in the Formula Regional European Championship and in Formula 2. After scoring two second place results in Formula Regional at the track in 2023, Antonelli failed to score a point here in Formula 2 in 2024. He finished 15th in the Sprint Race and 12th in the Feature Race.
Fernando ALONSO
Fernando Alonso has won the Spanish Grand Prix twice, in 2006 and 2013. The 2013 Spanish Grand Prix remains Alonso’s most recent victory in Formula 1.
Alonso has taken a further five podium finishes in front of his home crowd. The Spaniard has scored only three times in his last eight home race appearances. He has recorded three retirements in total – his most recent being in 2015 and 2016.
2006 is the only season in which Alonso has taken pole here, though he has qualified on the front row on a further three occasions. In his last 20 appearances, since 2003, 2015, 2022 and 2024 are the only times that Alonso has failed to qualify in the top ten – though he did move up to tenth on the grid in 2024.
He recorded his first Q1 exit at the track in 2022, with 17th place. It was his worst qualifying appearance at his home event since qualifying 18th on his first appearance in 2001.
Alonso has been out-qualified by his team-mate only five times at Catalunya – including three times in the last four years. 2024 was the first time he out-qualified his team-mate here since 2018.
FERNANDO ALONSO’S SPANISH GRAND PRIX HISTORY
Quali Battle |
Qualified |
Grid |
Finished |
Pos Change |
|
2001 |
WON |
18 |
18 |
13 |
5 |
2003 |
WON |
3 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
2004 |
LOST |
8 |
8 |
4 |
4 |
2005 |
WON |
3 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
2006 |
WON |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2007 |
WON |
2 |
2 |
3 |
-1 |
2008 |
WON |
2 |
2 |
DNF |
– |
2009 |
WON |
8 |
8 |
5 |
3 |
2010 |
WON |
4 |
4 |
2 |
2 |
2011 |
WON |
4 |
4 |
5 |
-1 |
2012 |
WON |
2 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
2013 |
WON |
5 |
5 |
1 |
4 |
2014 |
LOST |
7 |
7 |
6 |
1 |
2015 |
WON |
13 |
13 |
DNF |
– |
2016 |
WON |
10 |
10 |
DNF |
– |
2017 |
WON |
7 |
7 |
12 |
-5 |
2018 |
WON |
8 |
8 |
8 |
0 |
2021 |
LOST |
10 |
10 |
17 |
-7 |
2022 |
LOST |
17 |
20 |
9 |
11 |
2023 |
LOST |
9 |
8 |
7 |
1 |
2024 |
WON |
11 |
10 |
12 |
-2 |
Lance STROLL
Lance Stroll scored points at the Spanish Grand Prix for the first time in 2020 with a fourth place finish. He picked up points for the second time at the track in 2023, finishing sixth. Stroll finished outside of the points on five of his other six appearances, and retired from the race in 2019 after a collision with Lando Norris.
His fifth place in qualifying in 2020 was the first time that Stroll has made it out of Q1 at the circuit. He reached Q2 in 2021 but recorded his fourth Q1 exit at the track in 2022. Stroll reached Q3 for the second time at the track in 2023, qualifying sixth. 2021 and 2023 are the only times that the Canadian has out-qualified a team-mate at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya.
LANCE STROLL’S SPANISH GRAND PRIX HISTORY
Quali Battle |
Qualified |
Grid |
Finished |
Pos Change |
|
2017 |
LOST |
18 |
18 |
16 |
2 |
2018 |
LOST |
19 |
18 |
11 |
7 |
2019 |
LOST |
17 |
16 |
DNF |
– |
2020 |
LOST |
5 |
5 |
4 |
1 |
2021 |
WON |
11 |
11 |
11 |
0 |
2022 |
LOST |
18 |
17 |
15 |
2 |
2023 |
WON |
6 |
5 |
6 |
-1 |
2024 |
LOST |
14 |
14 |
14 |
0 |
Pierre GASLY
Pierre Gasly has scored on his five of his seven appearances at the Spanish Grand Prix, with a best result of sixth in 2019. He failed to finish the race on his first appearance in 2018 and finished outside of the points, in 13th, in 2022.
Gasly reached Q3 in 2019 and 2020 and, after failing to reach Q3 in both 2021 and 2022, recorded his best qualifying result to date at the track in 2023 with fourth place – though he was demoted to tenth on the final grid. He reached Q3 once more in 2024, this time qualifying seventh. His best starting position to date here is sixth, which is where he started in 2019.
Gasly is yet to gain more than two positions from where he has started at the Spanish Grand Prix. Of the six races he’s finished here, 2024 was the first time he finished in a worse position than where he started.
PIERRE GASLY’S SPANISH GRAND PRIX HISTORY
Quali Battle |
Qualified |
Grid |
Finished |
Pos Change |
|
2018 |
– |
12 |
12 |
DNF |
– |
2019 |
LOST |
6 |
6 |
6 |
0 |
2020 |
WON |
10 |
10 |
9 |
1 |
2021 |
WON |
12 |
12 |
10 |
2 |
2022 |
LOST |
14 |
14 |
13 |
1 |
2023 |
WON |
4 |
10 |
10 |
0 |
2024 |
WON |
7 |
7 |
9 |
-2 |
Jack DOOHAN
Jack Doohan has raced at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in the Euroformula Open Championship in 2019, in Formula 3 in 2020 and 2021 and in Formula 2 in 2022 and 2023. Doohan recorded podium finishes here in F3 and F2, finishing second on each of the two occasions that he finished in the top three. In his most recent outing here, in F2 in 2023, Doohan finished in the top six in both the Sprint and Feature Races.
Esteban OCON
From his seven previous appearances at the Spanish Grand Prix, Esteban Ocon has scored five times. He recorded what was then a career-best result of fifth at the event in 2017, which remains his best result to date at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. Ocon has scored here in each of the last four years, with ninth place in 2021, seventh in 2022, eighth in 2023 and tenth in 2024.
Ocon does not have a 100% finish rate at the circuit, having retired with an oil leak in 2018.
Ocon recorded his best qualifying result at the circuit so far in 2021, with fifth place. It was the first time he reached Q3 here since 2017. He also reached Q3 in each of the last two seasons. He exited in Q2 in 2018, 2020 and 2022.
ESTEBAN OCON’S SPANISH GRAND PRIX HISTORY
Quali Battle |
Qualified |
Grid |
Finished |
Pos Change |
|
2017 |
LOST |
10 |
10 |
5 |
5 |
2018 |
WON |
13 |
13 |
DNF |
– |
2020 |
LOST |
15 |
15 |
13 |
2 |
2021 |
WON |
5 |
5 |
9 |
-4 |
2022 |
WON |
12 |
12 |
7 |
5 |
2023 |
LOST |
7 |
6 |
8 |
-2 |
2024 |
LOST |
9 |
8 |
10 |
-2 |
Ollie BEARMAN
Ollie Bearman has raced at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in both Formula 2 and Formula 3. In F3 in 2022, his best result here was fifth in the Feature Race. One year later, the won the Feature Race in Formula 2 and finished seventh in the Sprint. 2024 was a fruitless visit to Barcelona for Bearman, finishing 21st in the Sprint and 14th in the Feature. Bearman made an appearance with Haas in Free Practice 1 at the 2024 Spanish Grand Prix.
Liam LAWSON
Yuki Tsunoda retired on his first appearance at the Spanish Grand Prix in 2021. He failed to make it out of Q1, qualifying in 16th place.
In 2022, Tsunoda picked up a point with a tenth place finish. He out-qualified team-mate Pierre Gasly, reaching Q2 and qualifying in 13th place.
He finished 12th in 2023, gaining three positions from where he started but could finish no higher than 19th in 2024 after recording his second Q1 exit at the track. He did, however, out-qualify his team-mate for a second time at the venue.
Tsunoda previously competed at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in Formula 3 and Formula 2. In F2 in 2020, Tsunoda finished fourth in both the Feature Race and the Sprint Race.
YUKI TSUNODA’S SPANISH GRAND PRIX HISTORY
Quali Battle |
Qualified |
Grid |
Finished |
Pos Change |
|
2021 |
LOST |
16 |
16 |
DNF |
– |
2022 |
WON |
13 |
13 |
10 |
3 |
2023 |
LOST |
15 |
15 |
12 |
3 |
2024 |
WON |
17 |
17 |
19 |
-2 |
Isack HADJAR
Isack Hadjar has raced at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in the past in Formula Regional, Formula 3 and Formula 2. He recorded his first Formula Regional podium finish here in 2021 with a third place finish. He then recorded another podium result the following year in Formula 3.
In Formula 2, Hadjar endured a point-less weekend at Catalunya in 2023, finishing only 12th and 20th in the two races. Despite qualifying only 11th in 2024, Hadjar scored points in both races. He finished sixth in the Sprint Race and fifth in the Feature Race.
Carlos SAINZ
Carlos Sainz has never failed to score points in all ten of his appearances at his home event. His best result so far is fourth place, recorded in 2022. He finished in the top five again in 2023 and came home sixth in 2024. Sainz has never finished lower than ninth here.
Sainz has reached Q3 at the track eight times and qualified on the front row at his home race for the first time in 2023. Until 2022, his best qualifying result at the circuit was recorded on his first appearance, in 2015, when he qualified an impressive fifth with Toro Rosso.
Sainz has been out-qualified by a team-mate at the Spanish Grand Prix in four of the last six seasons, having never been out-qualified at Catalunya before then.
CARLOS SAINZ’S SPANISH GRAND PRIX HISTORY
Quali Battle |
Qualified |
Grid |
Finished |
Pos Change |
|
2015 |
WON |
5 |
5 |
9 |
-4 |
2016 |
WON |
8 |
8 |
6 |
2 |
2017 |
WON |
12 |
12 |
7 |
5 |
2018 |
WON |
9 |
9 |
7 |
2 |
2019 |
LOST |
13 |
12 |
8 |
4 |
2020 |
WON |
7 |
7 |
6 |
1 |
2021 |
LOST |
6 |
6 |
7 |
-1 |
2022 |
LOST |
3 |
3 |
4 |
-1 |
2023 |
WON |
2 |
2 |
5 |
-3 |
2024 |
LOST |
6 |
6 |
6 |
0 |
Alex ALBON
Alex Albon has made five appearances at the Spanish Grand Prix and has scored once, with an eighth place finish for Red Bull in 2020. On his other four appearances, he finished 11th with Toro Rosso in 2019 and is yet to finish above 16th here during his time at Williams.
2020 is also the only time that Albon has reached Q3 here, having been out in Q2 in 2019 and exiting in Q1 in the last two seasons. He qualified on the back row in both 2022 and 2024. Despite that, Albon has out-qualified his team-mate at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in each of the last three seasons.
ALEX ALBON’S SPANISH GRAND PRIX HISTORY
Quali Battle |
Qualified |
Grid |
Finished |
Pos Change |
|
2019 |
LOST |
12 |
11 |
11 |
0 |
2020 |
LOST |
6 |
6 |
8 |
-2 |
2022 |
WON |
19 |
18 |
18 |
0 |
2023 |
WON |
18 |
18 |
16 |
2 |
2024 |
WON |
19 |
PIT |
18 |
2 |
Nico HULKENBERG
Nico Hulkenberg has made 11 previous appearances at the Spanish Grand Prix. From those 11 appearances, he has picked up points only three times, with a best result of sixth. His other two points-scoring races here were both tenth places in 2012 and 2014. Hulkenberg has failed to reach the chequered flag twice – in 2016 and 2018. His sixth place in 2017 remains his most recent points-scoring appearance at the track.
2023 marked the first time that Hulkenberg ever reached Q3 at the Spanish Grand Prix. In doing so, he recorded his best qualifying result to date at the track with eighth place. Hulkenberg has qualified 11th here twice, in 2014 and 2016. He has recorded three Q1 exits here: in 2015, 2018 and 2019.
Of the races he has finished here, 2010 and 2023 are the only times that the German has finished in a worse position than where he started.
NICO HULKENBERG’S SPANISH GRAND PRIX HISTORY
Quali Battle |
Qualified |
Grid |
Finished |
Pos Change |
|
2010 |
WON |
13 |
13 |
16 |
-3 |
2012 |
LOST |
13 |
13 |
10 |
3 |
2013 |
WON |
15 |
15 |
15 |
0 |
2014 |
WON |
11 |
10 |
10 |
0 |
2015 |
WON |
17 |
17 |
15 |
2 |
2016 |
LOST |
11 |
11 |
DNF |
– |
2017 |
WON |
13 |
13 |
6 |
7 |
2018 |
LOST |
16 |
16 |
DNF |
– |
2019 |
LOST |
16 |
PIT |
13 |
7 |
2023 |
WON |
8 |
7 |
15 |
-8 |
2024 |
WON |
13 |
13 |
11 |
2 |
Gabriel BORTOLETO
Gabriel Bortoleto has race-winning experience at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. In the Formula Regional European Championship in 2022, he finished seventh in the first race before winning the second race. Bortoleto scored points in every F3 and F2 race which he competed in at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, though he never finished on the podium in either series.
